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F406 Caravan II FSX | P3D

  1. Started by Ron Attwood,

    Does anyone still use this airplane? Real one: Available on my Mediafire HERE And on AVSIM Libray soonish

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  2. Started by Merlin59,

    Don't know how to upload a picture of it but would love to have the Tanzanair livery for the 406. I don't know if it's because I'm on a tablet or what but I get no option to upload a pic with this. Anybody that can help I would love to be able to upload the picture for a paint request. Thanks for any help.

  3. Started by Ron Attwood,

    Anyone still fly this old bus? My best shot at it: 🐸 Should you like it, it's available now on my Mediafire HERE Or it'll be on AVSIM Library soon.

  4. Started by Ron Attwood,

    I've just finished painting this one: At the time it was the 'school bus' for the Bering Straits Schools Dept. based at Unacleet, Alaska. Since then it has been moved to Woolpert Inc in an aerial survey role. HERE is an interesting video of this aircraft by Oddball pilot. Does he remind you of the school bus driver in The Simpsons? I've not done any screen shots as I've been very busy On my MediaFire now or AVSIM Library soon.

  5. Started by nachezdc9,

    Pitot heat is not working in carenado cessna f406. Loosing ias during icing conditions. Anybody has a solution like in the 690b? Thank you very much.

  6. For want of something to paint... Real one: Mine: Available on my Mediafire now, or AVSIM later.

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  7. Started by fppilot,

    So found this F406 Caravan on a good sale at their site and along with an even better sale price on their Baron B58 jumped at both. Spent the past few days off and on configuring both including trimming to just two of the 406's liveries, one with RXP GTN750 and RXPv2 GNS530 and the other with (2) RXPv2 GNS530 gauges. Today I took my maiden flight in my GTN variant. LIke it a lot. Even though it forced me to get reacquainted with the Aspen EFD1000 that I sort of left behind in their Bonanza A36. Didn't take long. Perhaps I should revisit the Bonanza! Only ummm moment I had was that the 406 seemed to jump off the runway at rotation. Seemed too light, though Cessna…

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  8. Started by neilcm,

    Hi all, I am using v4 and i cant get power to the GTN750, any ideas? Thanks Neil

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  9. Started by STK,

    For user awareness of what issues exist with this model. PLEASE also report any bugs to Carenado via email as well. Don't assume that someone else already did (and even if they did, it doesn't hurt to add another voice of concern). My list so far... The standby attitude indicator show an approximately 4 degree nose down situation when the plane is in level flight or on the ground. This issue was previously experienced by their Navajo and Alabeo's 404. Unfortunately, the standby indicator is not adjustable, so we'll have to see if Carenado fixes it. The vertical speed indicator (VSI) seems to show a slight, approximately 30-50 foot decent when on level ground. It's n…

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  10. Started by theteeboy,

    Having been teased into buying this very pretty addon by all the positive forum comments, I am hitting the frustration barrier pretty quickly! Never bought the A36, so I am struggling with the Aspen handling. How do you get the heading and course bugs set? managed it once with both but have been unable to locate the clickspots again. Carenado have taken their minimal documentation approach to new heights here - leaving a rather vital piece out altogether. Also at a loss as to how to get the autopilot to follow, well, anything - it just seems to go off and do its own thing! This is making an instrument departure very exciting... But it is very pretty and doesnt seem to…

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  11. Started by Ridgw003,

    Purchased this great looking plane a couple months ago. I've been really busy so I've only recently started putting it through it's paces. Despite ensuring everything is up to snuff with there being fuel on board, not at max power, and coming off the condition lever a bit, within ten minutes of takeoff, both engines just quit. I cannot restart them. It usually finishes with a spectacularly fiery crash where both my passengers (a group of old folks headed home to San Diego from Laughlin) and I, being able to exit the flight to reload and try again. The problem seems to be happening regardless of how I control the airplane, either AP or manual. Hell, I even had …

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  12. .. beware, because the GNS will likely be selected as the "Active navigation device" when loading up the the airplane. You can mouse over the memory card slot and Tooltips will tell you, or, when powering up the GTN, you will notice that the HSI does not deflect properly when on the test page. In that case, pop up the GNS and right click on the right hand memory card slot to toggle the device setting.

  13. Very strange as I have configured the F406 for the GTN750, but when loaded the GTN screen appears for a second in the panel then goes right back to the GNS530. Any ideas what is going on? Thanks! Jim Parish

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  14. Started by Jonay,

    Hi, I'm using Air Hauler 2, and whenever I try do the checkout in this aircraft P3Dv3 is crashing with the following: Faulting application name: Prepar3D.exe, version: 3.2.3.16769, time stamp: 0x56df48ce Faulting module name: WX_Gauge_3D_CF406.dll, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x561803e7 Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x00002d7c Faulting process id: 0x1e54 Faulting application start time: 0x01d1e06f5568f3f7 Faulting application path: D:\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v3\Prepar3D.exe Faulting module path: D:\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v3\Gauges\WX_Gauge_3D_CF406.dll Report Id: dbe9c4e0-4c62-11e6-9da9-305a3a4c825b Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative…

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  15. Started by sgreen91,

    I watched David Womacks video review of this aircraft and in his opinion he thinks its on par with Real Air. I did not buy the Turbine Duke for P3D 2.5 and was waiting for v3 to be released. Would this Carenaod be a good plane to purchase and use while we await Real Air? I haven't bought a Carenado in almost 2 years now due to continual bugs in the systems etc but this one peaked my interest due to his video review. Thanks for any input.

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  16. Hello Pilots & Carenado Experts! I own amongst to other aircrafts, the fabulous Carenado F406 Caravan II. It is a very fine aircraft and my favorite plane. Furthermore, I bought the Flight1 GTN 750 and have it successful integrated (F1GTN750F406II.exe) into the F406. Everything is working fine, SimStarter NG, ASN, the F406 including the GTN 750 and all my fantastic sceneries and tools but ... ... the included Weather Radar of the F406 does not work! I can press every button, turn the controller, especially to the ON Position, but the display remains blank. The device is definitely without function! There is nothing that I have changed to the plane, except…

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  17. Started by Maarten Otto,

    Just purchased this aircraft from JustFlight to have something "smaller" n the hanger next to the Dash 8. Only I can't find a manual. It would be nice to have one and I can't imagine such a product is delivered without one. Any help as to where it usually is installed or available would be welcomed. Maarten Otto

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  18. http://secure.simmarket.com/synchro-soft-reims-cessna-f406-caravan-ii-soundset-fsx.phtml

  19. Started by buffewo,

    I love the aircraft but it taxis like a Jack rabbit with the throttles at idle. Have tried the LUA DynamicFriction but doesn't seem to have any affect. Anyone have any ideas. Thanks Roger

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  20. Started by maldo,

    hi I need some help. I install the f 406 and the gtn 750 my problem is that the 750 will not pop out by clicking on the side of the unit. I also have small window showing on the upper left corner with the word stack. is there something I'm doing wrong. I will appreciate if some one will guide me in the right direction.

  21. Started by el_kab0ng,

    I've been doing some admittedly unrealistic routes from KAUS to various places in North Texas (KACT, KADS, KTKI) and some flights between MHRO and MZBZ. Average length is about 130 miles.

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  22. Guest
    Started by Guest,

    I'm finding low to moderate speed steering is VERY sensitive in F406 -- relative to all the other Twin Turbo props I use. Roll out to power on take-off and the aircraft will wander across the runway in some cases I'm full rudder just to keep it pointed in the right direction (even with low winds). I've tried, gradual power, rapid power, different rpm and prop settings, but aircraft will wander around until I hit about 80KTS. Taxi is extremely difficult. Any tips? Cheers, Rob. EDIT: the inertia also seems off, I'm able to taxi at a good speed with feather and throttle at min ... have to apply brakes always.

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  23. Started by Egbert Drenth,

    692 pages. Have fun: https://www.redskyventures.org/doc/cessna-poh/Cessna_Caravan_II-F406-POH-1986.pdf P.S. They have almost each and every Cessna manual available

  24. Started by Boeing or not going,

    A nice looking real world F406 I'm looking to purchase this Carenado aircraft and would like the Air-Taxi Europe repaint to fly around in. Thank you http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch==Air-Taxi%20Europe&distinct_entry=true And one from Norway: http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=F406-0015&distinct_entry=true

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  25. Started by Bert Pieke,

    I think this topic deserves its own thread.. First of all, the IAS push button selection is broken, it does not set the target speed properly. Carenado recognizes this and say it will be fixed. Secondly, the UP/DOWN rocker switch is confused... If you operate the rocker switch with the mouse wheel, in the popup autopilot, it works the way I would expect it to operate. Mouse wheel up = nose down. However, if you just click on the UP and DOWN sections of the switch, it operates in the opposite mode... UP = nose down, DOWN = nose up. Likewise, in the VC, it is left click / right click (no mouse wheel :mad: ) and again UP is nose down, etc.. …

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